Teaser Blitz - Mistletoe Cottage by Debbie Mason

Blurb :
The first novel in a brand new series from USA Today bestselling author Debbie Mason! The series will appeal to fans of feel-good romances by New York Times bestselling authors Brenda Novak, Robyn Carr, and RaeAnne Thayne.

'Tis the season for love…

Sophie DiRossi loved growing up in Harmony Harbor. But after fleeing in disgrace many years ago, it is the last place she wants to be. Left homeless by a fire, she's forced to go back to the small coastal town that harbors a million secrets, including her own. Sophie sees this secret reflected every day in her daughter's blue eyes—and she must keep it hidden from the only man she has ever loved.

Sophie's return is a shock for everyone…especially Liam Gallagher. The firefighter had some serious feelings for Sophie-and seeing her again sparks a desire so fierce it takes his breath away. Now Liam will do whatever it takes to show Sophie that they deserve a second chance at love, even if everything they've concealed threatens to keep them apart. In this special town at this special time of the year, Sophie and Liam can only hope for a little holiday magic...

Teaser!

Sophie scanned the bar for Liam. The tables on either side of the
room were all taken, wooden barrels serving as chairs. Servers
carried trays over their heads, weaving through the people crowded on
the dance floor. Drinking beer and talking, they waited for the band
tuning up on the raised stage. When she was younger, Sophie had snuck
into the bar a couple times to hear Liam and his brothers’ band.
The owner had always spotted her and thrown her out for being
underage.

“Get up there, Gallagher,” several people called out.

Sophie heard a familiar, deep laugh and went up on her tiptoes,
following it to a table a few feet to the right of the stage where
Liam sat. Sophie was about to turn to Ava and Dana and point him out
when she felt herself being maneuvered through the crowd toward the
stage. “You have got to be kidding me,” she yelled to be heard
over the crowd. “You set me up!”

“You know what they say about payback, right?” But she wasn’t
thinking about payback when Liam got up on the stage and accepted a
guitar from a bearded man. She heard Dana and Ava talking behind her,
and then they were tugging on the sleeves of Sophie’s coat. “What
do you think you’re doing?”

“You’re looking a little warm,” Dana said.

Sophie sighed. Dana was right. She let them take off her coat. But
then the band started to play and Sophie only had eyes for the man at
center stage. He was looking right at her with a smile on his face. A
smile she’d always dreamed would one day be directed at her. Sexy,
hot, and filled with promises. Just like his voice when he started
singing “Galway Girl,” only he changed black hair to brown, blue
eyes to brown, and Galway girl to Gallagher girl.

Dana leaned into her when he came down off the stage. “It’s like
that scene in P.S. I Love You.”

Sophie couldn’t respond even if she wanted to. Liam was in front of
her, singing to her while the crowd sang along and clapped, stomping
their feet in time to the music. Liam was a born performer. He played
to the crowd, his voice deep and raspy. He circled her, moving closer
each time. Then, just as the song ended, he cupped the back of her
head and kissed her long and hard before saying to her in a thick
Irish brogue, “Are you going to take me back to your room, my
Gallagher girl?”

Debbie Mason is the USA Today bestselling author of the Christmas, Colorado series. Her books have been praised for their "likable characters, clever dialogue and juicy plots" (RT Book Reviews). When she isn't writing or reading, Debbie enjoys spending time with her very own real-life hero, their four wonderful children, an adorable grandbaby, and a yappy Yorkie named Bella.